England's Glorious Revolution is a fresh and engaging examination of the Revolution of 1688–1689, when the English people rose up and deposed King James II, placing William III and Mary II on the throne. Steven Pincus's introduction explains the context of the revolution, why these events were so stunning to contemporaries, and how the profound changes in political, economic, and foreign policies that ensued make it the first modern revolution. This volume offers 40 documents from a wide array of sources and perspectives including memoirs, letters, diary entries, political tracts, pamphlets, and newspaper accounts, many of which are not widely available. Document headnotes, questions for consideration, a chronology, a selected bibliography, and an index provide further pedagogical support.

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ForewordPrefaceA Note about the Text

PART ONEINTRODUCTION: THE REVOLUTION OF 1688–89: THE FIRST MODERN REVOLUTION English Economy and Society in 1685 English Politics in 1685 Revolution in Politics Revolution in Foreign Policy Revolution in Political Economy Revolution in the Church Interpreting the Revolution of 1688–89 The First Modern Revolution

PART TWOTHE DOCUMENTSThe Revolution of 1688–89 1. Invitation of the Seven to the Prince of Orange, June 30, 1688 2. William III, The Declaration, October 1688 3. Francis Barrington and Benjamin Steele, A Letter Describing the Revolution to Thomas Goodwin and Kinnard Delabere, January 11, 1689 4. Lord Delamere, Reasons Why the King Ran Away, 1690s 5. Colley Cibber, Memoir of the Revolution, 1740

The Eighteenth Century Debate 6. Richard Price, A Celebration of the Revolution of 1688–89, November 4, 1789 7. Edmund Burke, The Significance of the Revolution of 1688–89, 1790

Social and Economic Background 8. The Growing Social and Political Importance of Foreign Trade, 1685 9. Guy Miege, Social Life in Late-Seventeenth-Century England, 1691 10. The Effects of the New Long-Distance Trades, 1695 11. The Rise of the Coffeehouse, 1675

Revolution in Politics 12. The Declaration of Rights, February 29, 1689 13. Thomas Cartwright, A Defense of James II's View of the Constitution, February 1686 14. Gilbert Burnet, A Defense of the Williamite View of the Constitution, 1688

Revolution in Political Economy 25. Establishing Principles of Trade in East India Company v. Sandys, 1685 26. Josiah Child, A Tory's Thoughts on Political Economy, 1681 27. Carew Reynell, A Whig View of Foreign Trade, 1685 28. An Early Defense of the Bank of England, 1694 29. Slingsby Bethel, A Whig View of Trade and Geopolitics, 1680

Revolution in the Church 30. George Hickes, Criticism of Religious Nonconformity, 1685 31. Gilbert Burnet, Divisions within the Church, 1713 32. James II's Declaration of Indulgence, April 4, 1687 33. James Johnston,Letters regarding Nonconformist Opinion, 1687 34. Roger Morrice, A Londoner's View of Nonconformist Sentimen, October 29, 1687 35. Catholic Attitudes toward the Religious Policies of James II, January 12, 1688 36. James Wellwood, Treatment of Catholics after the Revolution, July 3, 1689

Roger L'Estrange and John Locke as Case Study 37. Roger L'Estrange, The Case for Royal Power, 1681–1683 38. Roger L'Estrange, The Economics of Fisheries, 1674 39. John Locke, A Defense of Toleration, 1689 40. John Locke, Treatises on Political and Economic Arrangments, 1689

Appendixes A Chronology of the Origins and Consequences of the Glorious Revolution (1649–1694) Questions for Consideration Selected Bibliography

Steven C. A. Pincus

Steven C. A. Pincus (PhD, Harvard University) is professor of history at Yale University. He is the author of Protestantism and Patriotism: Ideologies and the Making of English Foreign Policy, 1650–1668 (1996), as well as numerous essays on the cultural, political, and intellectual history of early modern Britain, and he is the coeditor of A Nation Transformed? England after the Restoration with Alan Craig Houston, and of the forthcoming collection The Public Sphere in Early Modern England with Peter Lake.

England's Glorious Revolution is a fresh and engaging examination of the Revolution of 1688–1689, when the English people rose up and deposed King James II, placing William III and Mary II on the throne. Steven Pincus's introduction explains the context of the revolution, why these events were so stunning to contemporaries, and how the profound changes in political, economic, and foreign policies that ensued make it the first modern revolution. This volume offers 40 documents from a wide array of sources and perspectives including memoirs, letters, diary entries, political tracts, pamphlets, and newspaper accounts, many of which are not widely available. Document headnotes, questions for consideration, a chronology, a selected bibliography, and an index provide further pedagogical support.

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Table of Contents

ForewordPrefaceA Note about the Text

PART ONEINTRODUCTION: THE REVOLUTION OF 1688–89: THE FIRST MODERN REVOLUTION English Economy and Society in 1685 English Politics in 1685 Revolution in Politics Revolution in Foreign Policy Revolution in Political Economy Revolution in the Church Interpreting the Revolution of 1688–89 The First Modern Revolution

PART TWOTHE DOCUMENTSThe Revolution of 1688–89 1. Invitation of the Seven to the Prince of Orange, June 30, 1688 2. William III, The Declaration, October 1688 3. Francis Barrington and Benjamin Steele, A Letter Describing the Revolution to Thomas Goodwin and Kinnard Delabere, January 11, 1689 4. Lord Delamere, Reasons Why the King Ran Away, 1690s 5. Colley Cibber, Memoir of the Revolution, 1740

The Eighteenth Century Debate 6. Richard Price, A Celebration of the Revolution of 1688–89, November 4, 1789 7. Edmund Burke, The Significance of the Revolution of 1688–89, 1790

Social and Economic Background 8. The Growing Social and Political Importance of Foreign Trade, 1685 9. Guy Miege, Social Life in Late-Seventeenth-Century England, 1691 10. The Effects of the New Long-Distance Trades, 1695 11. The Rise of the Coffeehouse, 1675

Revolution in Politics 12. The Declaration of Rights, February 29, 1689 13. Thomas Cartwright, A Defense of James II's View of the Constitution, February 1686 14. Gilbert Burnet, A Defense of the Williamite View of the Constitution, 1688

Revolution in Political Economy 25. Establishing Principles of Trade in East India Company v. Sandys, 1685 26. Josiah Child, A Tory's Thoughts on Political Economy, 1681 27. Carew Reynell, A Whig View of Foreign Trade, 1685 28. An Early Defense of the Bank of England, 1694 29. Slingsby Bethel, A Whig View of Trade and Geopolitics, 1680

Revolution in the Church 30. George Hickes, Criticism of Religious Nonconformity, 1685 31. Gilbert Burnet, Divisions within the Church, 1713 32. James II's Declaration of Indulgence, April 4, 1687 33. James Johnston,Letters regarding Nonconformist Opinion, 1687 34. Roger Morrice, A Londoner's View of Nonconformist Sentimen, October 29, 1687 35. Catholic Attitudes toward the Religious Policies of James II, January 12, 1688 36. James Wellwood, Treatment of Catholics after the Revolution, July 3, 1689

Roger L'Estrange and John Locke as Case Study 37. Roger L'Estrange, The Case for Royal Power, 1681–1683 38. Roger L'Estrange, The Economics of Fisheries, 1674 39. John Locke, A Defense of Toleration, 1689 40. John Locke, Treatises on Political and Economic Arrangments, 1689

Appendixes A Chronology of the Origins and Consequences of the Glorious Revolution (1649–1694) Questions for Consideration Selected Bibliography

Index

Steven C. A. Pincus

Steven C. A. Pincus (PhD, Harvard University) is professor of history at Yale University. He is the author of Protestantism and Patriotism: Ideologies and the Making of English Foreign Policy, 1650–1668 (1996), as well as numerous essays on the cultural, political, and intellectual history of early modern Britain, and he is the coeditor of A Nation Transformed? England after the Restoration with Alan Craig Houston, and of the forthcoming collection The Public Sphere in Early Modern England with Peter Lake.